This confident Napoli, winner of its last eleven matches in all competitions, is three points ahead of AC Milan, the new runner-up, and five over Lazio and Atalanta.

- Napoli stuns Roma -

Grouped and aggressive in pure Mourinho style, Roma resisted Napoli's fiery attack for a long time thanks to the parries of their goalkeeper Rui Patricio.

But overall harmless (no shot on target), the Louve ended up cracking on a deep ball, Chris Smalling was a little short and Osimhen was quick to deceive the doorman giallorosso (80th), being forgiven after having missed the target alone in front of the goal ten minutes earlier.

The Nigerian ran to celebrate under the small colony of Neapolitan supporters, in a Stadio olimpico silenced after having long whistled generously Luciano Spalletti.

Many Roma fans still haven't forgiven the ex-Roman coach for the way he handled the end of local legend Francesco Totti's career.

Tanguy Ndombele of Napoli collides with Roma goalkeeper Rui Patricio during the SerieA match between the two teams on October 23, 2022 in Rome Andreas SOLARO AFP

But with this umpteenth success, Spalletti confirms that we will have to reckon with his Napoli for the scudetto.

Solid Lazio

Lazio Rome inflicted on Atalanta its first defeat of the season (2-0) based on its current solidity (no goals conceded in its last six matches).

Despite the absence of their gunner and captain Ciro Immobile, injured, the players of Maurizio Sarri mastered the debates and concretized their domination at the start of each half thanks to Mattia Zaccagni (10th) and Felipe Anderson (52nd).

"The contribution that Immobile guarantees is now up to others to bring it. But let's wait a bit to say that we don't feel its absence," commented Roman coach Maurizio Sarri.

Mattia Zaccagni after opening the scoring for Lazio against Atalanta in Serie A on October 23, 2022 in Bergamo Miguel MEDINA AFP

Gasperini considered that the defeat of his people was not "illogical" by welcoming the "first extraordinary period" of the Laziali.

Udinese slows down

Udinese, a surprise team at the start of the season in Italy, is marking time, beaten for the first time this season at home against Torino (2-1), its second loss of the season after that of the 1st day .

The Frioul team, on the podium at the start of October, is gradually falling into line after having taken only two points in its last three outings (6th).

Former Monaco striker Pietro Pellegri scored the decisive goal for the Grenats in the second half (69th), opening his counter in the league.

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